Investigating the Effectiveness of E-learning During COVID 19 Crisis EFL Undergraduate Iraqi Students
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https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol49.Iss2.3346Keywords:
COVID19 , e-learning; Iraqi colleges , online classesAbstract
E-learning has been adopted years ago by academic institutes, and it has been beneficial for many people, especially those who are interested in learning foreign languages. With the spread of the new pandemic COVID19, e-learning becomes a necessity in universities all over the world, including Iraqi universities. The present study aims at investigating the effect of this pandemic on e-learning in one of the Iraqi colleges. The researcher hypothesizes that the students' acceptance of e-learning, as well as their performance, are improved during this crisis. To measure the efficacy of e-learning during the pandemic, the researcher designed a questionnaire, and introduced it to 130 students in the Department of English at the College of Education for Women/ University of Baghdad. Also, an online interview is made with the same students to discuss their agreement or disagreement to the questions of the questionnaire. The results show; first, e-learning could be very useful if it is used with the traditional one. Second, students' attitude and performance are entirely changed when e-learning becomes the sole solution for learning during this crisis.
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